Problem 1:   A student performs a standard two-slit interference experiment. A light sensor is used to measure the intensity of the light along the screen, and a plot of intensity versus position measured from the center of the pattern is plotted.  Part (a)  Select all of the positions listed where interference is maximally constructive.  Part (b)  Select all of the positions listed where interference is maximally destructive.  Part (c)  Select all of the positions listed where there is no path difference from the two slits.

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Problem 1:   A student performs a standard two-slit interference experiment. A light sensor is used to measure the intensity of the light along the screen, and a plot of intensity versus position measured from the center of the pattern is plotted.

 Part (a)  Select all of the positions listed where interference is maximally constructive. 

Part (b)  Select all of the positions listed where interference is maximally destructive. 

Part (c)  Select all of the positions listed where there is no path difference from the two slits. 

 Part (d)  Select all of the positions listed where the path difference from the two slits is 4λ4λ (four full wavelengths). 

Part (e)  Select all of the positions listed where the path difference from the two slits is 52λ52λ (two and one-half wavelengths). 

 

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